papyrus
English
/pəˈpaɪɹəs/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley.
- (usually) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
- (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English papirus borrowed from Latin papȳrus (papyrus, paper) derived from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papyrus).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάπυρος
Gloss
papyrus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- impapyrated English
- paper English
- *papīlus Latin
- paperium Latin
- papyraceus Latin
- papyrifer Latin
- papyrius Latin
- papyrus Latin
- papȳrus Latin
- Papier German
- papirusz Hungarian
- papiro Italian
- papyrus French
- papiro Spanish, Castilian
- πάπυρος Ancient Greek
- πάπῡρος Ancient Greek
- papiro Portuguese
- tapor Old English
- papirus Middle English
- paper Old French
- papier Old French
- paper Catalan, Valencian
- papură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- papīrs Latvian
- papero Ido
- papir Middle Low German
- 파피루스 Korean
- palperi Romansh
- palpier Romansh
- palpieri Romansh
- pulpier Romansh
- pupi Romansh
- pupier Romansh
- paper xno
- paper Old Catalan